Hi all, have bought a second hand 280R server that had no graghics card or RSC card fitted.. Managed to sorce these cards and now have problems getting into server when trying to start up..
I am not sure what "if any" OS there is on board, but bought the server in the knowledge that it has Solaris 10 installed.
The issues I currently have are these;

(1} After installing graghics card {which is a X3668A) I get on screen "jupiter login" and then it asks for a password, I don't have the password or the drivers for the graphics card. Can anyone help me here??????.
And yes I'm a newby to servers, trying to learn new skills...

The other issue is getting into the bios to reset the boot to my cdrom drive, how does one do this... can anyone help PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Thought I would start from scratch and load a fresh OS and configure my own settings and passwords, am looking at loading Open Solaris.

Does it have a floppy drive? Because if it isn't booting from CD, it's far more likely to be already set up to boot from a floppy. And assuming it is you could install something like smart boot manager to an old floppy disk then when you boot from the floppy it'll have an option for letting you boot from the CD.

I used that method many times on computers that the BIOS was too old to boot from CD directly themselves._________________My political stance/bias
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Ok thanks for that, but will that still work when I'm still being asked for "jupitor login and password" for the graphics card?.

Cheers
Arjay

You're not being asked for a login and password for the graphics card. The computer you bought was given the network name of jupitor and the computer is asking for a login name and password. That's not at all related to the graphics card.

You should pull all the plugs/connectors for the cdrom drive from the motherboard, then reconnect them making sure they're seated properly and try to boot. If that doesn't work, try swapping the drive with something newer as the drive might be broken or old enough that it isn't able to read the type of burned media you used._________________My political stance/bias
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Hi all, have bought a second hand 280R server that had no graghics card or RSC card fitted.. Managed to sorce these cards and now have problems getting into server when trying to start up..
I am not sure what "if any" OS there is on board, but bought the server in the knowledge that it has Solaris 10 installed.
The issues I currently have are these;

(1} After installing graghics card {which is a X3668A) I get on screen "jupiter login" and then it asks for a password, I don't have the password or the drivers for the graphics card. Can anyone help me here??????.
And yes I'm a newby to servers, trying to learn new skills...

The other issue is getting into the bios to reset the boot to my cdrom drive, how does one do this... can anyone help PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Thought I would start from scratch and load a fresh OS and configure my own settings and passwords, am looking at loading Open Solaris.

Cheers
Arjay

I used to have to work with these, they are horrible. Why are you using one? Any fairly recent PC server exceeds the performance of these systems._________________In the land of the free you are only one party away from dictatorship at any time.

Hi again, am confused , Stop A.... in the manual it sounds like the word stop is on the keyboard (NOT), OR DO i SIMPLY TYPE THIS IN ???????????...
If so, have tryed this and its not working... HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....

Ok yes am using a typical keyboard, thanks for that... Any way around getting into the system without buying a Sun keyboard???, if not where do I get one from???.

You could always setup a serial console and unplug the keyboard. The same effect as Stop-A can then be achieved by sending a break (how to do this depends on you terminal program, I usually use minicom).
Otherwise you can buy these keyboards for example on ebay, maybe try a local Linux User Group...

hI All,
can anyone tell me why I can't type anything into the password section after Solaris 10 installation has prompted me to enter username???....
Can type in username, but it won't allow me to type anything after prompting me to enter a password.
Just for further information, I entered a host name with and without a password and end up with the same problem nearing finalising the install...

can anyone tell me why I can't type anything into the password section after Solaris 10 installation has prompted me to enter username???....
Can type in username, but it won't allow me to type anything after prompting me to enter a password.
Just for further information, I entered a host name with and without a password and end up with the same problem nearing finalising the install...

Have you installed a new OS or are you still trying to log into the original one?
If you're still using the original one, remember that the Solaris login prompt won't display asterisks for each letter in your password.

aderesch wrote:

NotQuiteSane wrote:

one other thing while doing your research, IIRC. the 280r is an ultra 60. in a rackmount case.

Yes. The 280R is the rack version of a Blade 1000/2000. Insert an RSC-card and it'll identify itself as a 280R - remove it and it'll be a Blade 1000.
The RSC is pretty much the only difference between the two.